Saturday, September 15, 2007

Today is Saturday, September 15, the 257th day of 2007. There are 108 days left in the year.

608 _ St. Boniface IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1620 _ Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims

1821 _ Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua gain independence

1894 _ Japan defeats China in the Battle of Ping Yang

1917 _ Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky

1950 _ During the Korean War, U.N. forces land at Inchoen

1959 _ Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in the U.S. to begin a 13-day visit

1973 _ ``Star Trek-Animated" premiers on TV

1976 _ Soyuz 22 carries two cosmonauts into Earth orbit for eight days

1990 _ France announce it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf